An Unusual Houseguest
Estranged from his father, Reeves lived with his mother and their housekeeper. Working as a costume designer, Reeve’s mother would create Halloween costumes for her son including Dracula, Batman, and Cousin Itt. One of his mother’s clients, Alice Cooper, would often visit the house for fittings and babysit Reeves while pranking the housekeeper with “fake vomit and dog poo.”